Name: ________________________________
Date: _____________________
2.01 – Health Literacy Guided Notes
Objective 2.01- Understand skills to manage physical, mental, and emotional health
Warm Up: FITNESS - It’s a Personal Choice
Brainstorm excuses given for not being physically fit and list in 1st column.
Brainstorm the benefits of fitness and list in 2nd column.
Brainstorm examples of ways to become physically fit and list in 3rd column.
Fill in at least 3 for each of the 3 columns.
Excuses
Benefits
Examples
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Health can be divided into 3 categories:
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Physical Health
Is your own ____________________and well-being.
Toned muscles, a strong heart, and clear lungs.
It is the ability to meet the demands of day-to-day life.
Calories are burned efficiently.
Dietary Guidelines recommends ________________________________________.
Healthy weight is maintained for your body type.
Healthy Weight
Impacted by ________________________________________.
To maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly and eat reasonable portions
of a variety of nutritious foods.
Benefits
Energy to be more productive and do things that are important to you.
A ________________________________________which increases self esteem.
Reduced risk for many health problems, including heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
Metabolism
____________________- refers to the amount of energy required to maintain ones
automatic body functions such as hair growth.
Metabolism varies in individuals.
Muscle mass increases metabolism.
Teens have a higher metabolism than adults because they are still growing. Our metabolism
changes and our ________________________________________
Weighing 15% more
than what your
Body Mass Index (BMI)
physician
Uses weight in relation to height and age to help determine
recommends.
whether you are in an appropriate weight range.
Helps to determine if you are underweight(-15%) or possibly
overweight(+15%).
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Being Overweight - Weighing 15% more than what your physician recommends.
Inactivity is a factor.__________________________________________are associated with
being overweight.
Losing Weight - Develop healthful eating and exercise habits.
Lose weight safely by eating ___________________________________.
Include foods from all food groups.
Being Underweight - Individuals who weigh at least 15% less than the
healthy weight recommended by their physician are considered underweight.
Lowered resistance to infections, reduced muscle strength, and malnutrition
are related to being underweight.
Gaining Weight - Weight should be gained slowly and steadily by choosing
low-fat, __________________________________ in larger portions.
Weighing 15%
less than what
your physician
recommends.
Developing an Effective Fitness Plan
Always start a plan by seeing your physician first.
Good nutrition and exercise
Focus on changing eating habits for a lifetime.
Know your body - for example if you have a larger bone structure, you will weigh more.
Developing an Effective Fitness Plan
Always start a plan by seeing your physician yearly for a physical.
Good nutrition and exercise.
Appropriate dental care.
Focus on changing eating habits for a lifetime.
Know your body - for example if you have a larger bone structure, you will weigh more.
Stress - Stress is the body’s ____________________any demand or pressure.
___________ - Positive pressure that can increase your performance. Usually connected with
feelings of success.
_______________ - Negative pressure that decreases performance. It can cause emotional
strain and even lead to physical health problems.
Signs of Stress
Racing heart
Sweating hands
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Headaches
Tightness of shoulders or neck
Feeling overly tired
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Irritability
Loss of appetite or overeating
Coping Mechanisms
Positive
 Listening to music
 Playing with pet
 Laughing
Stressors
Death
School
Relationships
Peers
Marriage
Divorce
Losing a job
Drug abuse
New baby
Moving
Sporting event
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Crying
Relaxing
Writing
Painting
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 Religious connection
 Talking it out
 Exercising
Negative
 Negative self talk
 Body mutilation
 Violent outbursts
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Emotional eating
Drinking
Smoking/Drugs
Avoiding social contact
Bottling emotions
Emotional Fitness - ____________________- or the way you talk to yourself— should
increase your self-confidence, wellbeing, and satisfaction.
Being the best version of you that you can be without focusing on perfection.
People who are emotionally fit can deal with stresses of life in a positive way.
Finally, Mental Fitness…and you thought school ended at 18!
 Participate in _________________________ - taking advantage of opportunities
throughout life to foster continuous development and improvement of the knowledge
and skills needed for employment and personal fulfillment.
 Staying abreast of the ___________________.
 Taking classes for career and personal development.
o Ex: computer classes offered at community college or pottery classes at an arts
center
Mental Fitness - Try something new – new experiences, travels, and hobbies all expand the
brain and ____________________
Play games – puzzle games, sudoku, and crosswords test the brain and recall previously
learned material for a mental workout!
Read – Relaxing activity. Can stimulate the brain and challenge you to observe the world
through a new lens.